Legal Classics Library
Rare and classic works from great legal minds.
HeinOnline’s Legal Classics Library offers more than 15,000 works from some of the greatest legal minds in history, including Joseph Story, Jeremy Bentham, William Blackstone, William Holdsworth, Henry Maine, Frederick William Maitland, Frederick Pollock, Louis Brandeis, Benjamin N. Cardozo, Edwardo Coke and many more.
In addition to many “classics,” this database includes rare items that are found in only a handful of libraries around the world. The database focuses on constitutional law, comparative law, political science, and other classic topics. Researchers can browse the titles by name, author, or subject.
Popular Titles Include:
• Hobbe’s Leviathan - 1651 (Reprint ed., 1929) • Plutarch’s Lives - 2nd Century A.D. (Translated 1914-1926) • Theodosian Code and Novels, and the Sirmondian Constitutions - 438 A.D. (Translated 1952) • Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation - 1789 (Reprint ed. 1907) • Essay on Crimes and Punishments - 1767 • Treatise of Human Nature - 1738-40 (Clarendon Press, 1896) • Criminal Man, according to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso - 1911 • Modern Corporation and Private Property - 1932 • American Law or Property: A Treatise on the Law of Property in the United States - 1952 • Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City - 1962 • Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States - 1913 Legal Classics Library
The George Wythe Collection
The George Wythe Collection, composed of 160 titles, is now available in the Legal Classics database. Although the entire George Wythe Collection is much larger than 160 titles, the HeinOnline collection contains mainly law-related content. Assembled in 18th century Virginia, this collection includes Western classics on history, philosophy, science, mathematics, and law. The books directly impacted the development of Virginia law and the law of the new nation.
About George Wythe George Wythe was a Virginia judge, signatory of the Declaration of Independence, and Founding Father of the United States. In 1779, at the College of William & Mary, he became America’s first law professor. Among his apprentices were Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, and Henry Clay. Close with Jefferson throughout his life, he bequeathed Jefferson his book collection, which Jefferson later sold to form the Library of Congress.
History of Remedies
Teaching materials from Edgar Durfee and John Dawson on the study of remedies, as well as the never-before published John R. Wilson work, Cases on Remedies.
Works of Bernard Schwartz
Bernard Schwartz (1923-1997) was a prolific legal scholar and historian, known especially for his work on American administrative and constitutional law and the Supreme Court. His works were for both his fellow lawyers and the lay public, seeking to illuminate for all the decision-making process of the Court and the thoughts and reasoning of the Justices as they issued their decisions. Schwartz served on the law faculty of NYU for 45 years and was a Chapman Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tulsa. Over his career, Schwartz authored over sixty books and hundreds of articles on a myriad of legal topics. In cooperation with the University of Tulsa, a sample of his works, digitized from his personal collection at the University of Tulsa, are provided in HeinOnline’s Legal Classics database.
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